Vitamin D Blogs
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30 Jul 2010 at 10:53pm
by Consumer Reports Health Blog
28 Jul 2010 at 12:39pm
You reported in April that mineral oil can lower vitamin D levels. Do olive or other oils pose the same risk? —C.L., Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
No, because they don’t interfere with the absorption of fat-soluble nutrients in the gut. Unlike animal fats or vegetable oils, mineral oil—which is made from petroleum—isn’t digested by the body; rather, it passes unabsorbed through the gut and out the bowel, taking with it any of the fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K) that have hitched a ride.
In contrast, vegetable or fish oils and their dissolved vitamins are digested in the intestine and absorbed into the body. In fact, cod-liver oil is an excellent source of vitamin D, and many vegetable oils contain vitamins E and K.
Find out why you need vitamin D and how to get yo…
by Doctor Kalitenko antiaging blog
27 Jul 2010 at 2:42pm
Even though antidepressants are much more often prescribed today, and mostly to the baby boomer generation, the statistics show that the rate of suicide among those between 45-54 are still the highest. Why is that? Shouldn’t easier accessibility and more drugs be solving our problems.
Actually, instead, it proves the point exactly, that medication and magic pills don’t really solve everything.
In years past, according to a New York Times article published about the findings, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/us/06suicide.html?ref=health, it has been those that are over 80 that accounted for most suicides. But that all changed five years ago when the numbers started to show that men and women (more men than women) were committing suicide between the ages of 45 and 54.
As baby boomers, …
by FuturePundit
26 Jul 2010 at 10:00pm
Jane Brody of the New York Times takes a look at the evidence for benefits from raising blood vitamin D levels. As a species, we do not get as much sun exposure as we used to, and dietary sources of vitamin D are minimal, Dr. Edward Giovannucci, nutrition researcher at the Harvard School of Public Health, wrote in The Archives of Internal Medicine. Previtamin D forms in sun-exposed skin, and 10 to 15 percent of the previtamin is immediately converted to vitamin D, the form found in supplements. Vitamin D, in turn, is changed in the liver to 25-hydroxyvitamin D, the main circulating form. Finally, the kidneys convert 25-hydroxyvitamin D into the nutrients biologically active form, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, also known… (Source: FuturePundit)
by Diabetes Self-Management
23 Jul 2010 at 6:09pm
The US Food and Drug Administration has ordered GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), maker of the controversial diabetes drug Avandia, to halt enrollment in the TIDE (Thiazolidinedione Intervention With Vitamin D Evaluation) trial, designed to compare the cardiovascular safety of Avandia to that of the diabetes drug Actos in people with Type 2… (Source: Diabetes Self-Management)
by The ND Blog: Notes from the Nutritionista by Monica Reinagel, L.D.N., C.N.S.
23 Jul 2010 at 2:24pm
There’s been a lot of hand-wringing lately about people not getting enough vitamin D. Deficiency is quite common–especially among kids, the elderly, and those with dark skin. And a growing list of diseases and conditions are being linked with vitamin D deficiency. (See also Your Brain on Vitamin D)
Exposure to the sun, without sunscreen, causes your skin to produce vitamin D naturally.
How much sun does it take to satisfy your vitamin D requirements?
If you’ve read anything about this, you’ve probably seen some vague guidelines, recommending ”a few minutes every day.” But these recommendations are far too general to be useful. The amount of sun you need to meet your vitamin D requirements varies hugely depending on your location, your skin type, the time …
by Alzheimer’s Reading Room, The
22 Jul 2010 at 10:00pm
By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer’s Reading Room
A reader sent me an email asking about Aricept and Namenda and some other issues. After typing out this response I thought I would publish it as an article.
Feel free to comment, add insight, or ask additional question. Use the comments box below this article.
Let me start by saying, I was very impressed by your email. You clearly care and are doing everything you can.
Lets start with the combination of Razadyne and Namenda. I am not familiar with the side effects of Razadyne, and I have not investigated how Razadyne and Namenda interact. So I can’t be much help on this issue.
On Namenda. There are problems with Namenda for some patients. It does not work effectively for everyone.
On the combination of Aricept and Namenda. I have informati…
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Vitamin D News
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30 Jul 2010 at 10:53pm
by Health News from Medical News Today
30 Jul 2010 at 6:00am
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with arterial stiffness, a risk factor for heart disease and stroke, in black teens according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). Black teens taking vitamin D supplementation of 2,000 international units (IU) per day had a decrease in central arterial stiffness… (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
by ScienceDaily Headlines
29 Jul 2010 at 8:00pm
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with arterial stiffness, a risk factor for heart disease and stroke, in black teens, according to a new study. Black teens taking vitamin D supplementation of 2,000 international units per day had a decrease in central arterial stiffness. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
by NaturalNews.com
29 Jul 2010 at 6:00am
(NaturalNews) Researchers have discovered that vitamin D plays a crucial role in activating the immune system’s ability to recognize and fight pathogens.While scientists have long known that vitamin D plays a critical role in bone health, recent research has begun to suggest that it also serves to regulate the immune system, helping prevent infection, cancer and autoimmune disorders. Until now, the mechanism by which the vitamin acts on the immune system has been unknown.In a study published in the journal Nature Immunology, researchers from the University of Copenhagen found that when a variety of white blood cells known as a T-cell comes across a pathogen in the bloodstream, it extends a receptor in search of vitamin D. If it encounters the vitamin, the T cell becomes “activated.” If the…
by NaturalNews.com
28 Jul 2010 at 6:00am
(NaturalNews) An increase in blood levels of vitamin D can significantly reduce a person’s risk of heart disease, according to a study conducted by researchers from Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City and presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology in Atlanta.Researchers reviewed the health records of more than 9,000 people who had been diagnosed with vitamin D insufficiency and who had also undergone vitamin D testing at a later date. They found that approximately 50 percent of all patients had achieved healthy vitamin D levels of at least 30 nanograms per milliliter by the second test. Rates of heart disease were significantly lower in this group than among patients who were still deficient in the vitamin.Prior studies have shown a cor…
by NYT
27 Jul 2010 at 10:21pm
If recent findings hold up in future research, the consequences of vitamin D deficiency are likely to go far beyond excessive bone loss. (Source: NYT)
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by AAFP Health of the Public
27 Jul 2010 at 2:30pm
Two recent studies indicate that vitamin D intake can have a significant effect on the cognitive abilities of the elderly. Unfortunately, more than half of older Americans have insufficient levels of vitamin D, according to David Llewellyn, Ph.D., a researcher at the University of Exeter Peninsula Medical School, United Kingdom. Llewellyn presented data on this topic from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, or NHANES III, during the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease 2010, July 10-15 in Honolulu. (Source: AAFP Health of the Public)
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